• The FY 2005 Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program (NELRP) cycle is now available. The program offers registered nurses economic assistance to repay their educational loans in exchange for service to the underserved in certain healthcare facilities. All NELRP participants must enter into a contract agreeing to provide fulltime employment in an approved critical shortage facility for 2 years. In return, the NELRP will pay 60 percent of the participant's total qualifying loan balance for a 2 year commitment. A participant who agrees to serve 2 years may be eligible to amend the NELRP contract and work a third year in a critical shortage facility, for which the NELRP will pay an additional 25 percent of the qualifying loan balance.
  
  The FY 2005 NELRP application cycle closes on February 25, 2005. Please visit online at http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/loanrepay.htm or call toll free 1-877-464-4772 for more information.

For more information about this program/project, please contact:

Department of Nursing
Box 30001, Dept. 3185
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001
(505)646-3812